by Meg | Mar 15, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife |
After the partial destruction of the Wolong panda center during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, plans were laid out to build a new facility a few kilometers away. Additionally, a disease control center was to be built closer to Chengdu. It has now been five years since...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | coal, Environmental Impact, Misc., Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Both Meghan and I were approached by a few kids from the local high school and asked if we could come and lecture for a few hours on what we do in China. It was quite a treat to learn about the lives of the students and how they all seem to think that biologist...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, wildlife
The extreme difficulty in obtaining permits to transfer biological samples back to the United States from China has caused our mercury project to use a lab here in China. We are very pleased to have made contact with one of China’s foremost Methylmercury...
by Meg | Jan 10, 2013 | Misc., photography, Travel, wildlife
I thought it might be nice to share a few photos of the Avian variety taken on a trip to the wonderful SW United States. I will leave off the species so that everyone can have a chance to try and identify them on their own. -All Images Capture on My Canon 60D- One of...
by Meg | Jun 28, 2012 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact
One of the wonderful scientists on our advisory board, Anne Warner, just sent this around to me and so I thought I’d share. From Anne: “There are so few ways to fund conservation work in this state I want to support this novel approach and help get the...